Curved lacing-guide for shoes, corsets, and such like.



ALOIS FRBIHERR VON GILLERN. GUEVED' LACING GUIDE PoR SHOES, GOESETS, A ND SUCH LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 190B.

1,031,065 1. PatentgaJny 2, 1912.

` ALOS FREIHERR VGN GLLERN, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY'.

GURVED LACIENG-GUEIDE FOR SHOES, CORSETS, AND SCH LKE.

Specification of 'Letters Patent..

retorted aan e, rela.

lpplieation filed August 24, 1908. Serial lo. 450,091.

-To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that l, ALois llnninnae von' GfiLLnRN, a subject olf the Emperor of Austria-l'lungary, residing at Guldengasse lla, Vienna, Kill, in Austria-Hungary, have invented new and useful linpoovenients in Curved lhaeingnides for Slibes, Corsets,

and Such Like, Which the following is a' projecting it a large extent above the sur ile 'face thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lacingjY guide by means oth which the lacing from one of the guides is directed toward the next guide.

Other objects of the invention will be more fully understood and pointed out by reference to the following specilication and 'to the acconipanl,finge)r drawing.

Figure l is a horizontal section through a. guide of this kind. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 3 is a bottoni plan view thereof. Fie'. 4l illus-trates diagrainniatically the method by which a guide of this kind is secured to the article to be laced. 5 is a perspec tive View of a inodilied enibodin'ient of the inventioin and Fig. G shows a snee provided with the lacing guides which forni the subject matter ot the invention.

`The lacingv guides consist pf a tubular body l, which is'suitably curved and which is preferably provided 'with enlarged mouth portions 2. T l`hese'portions serve the purpose o reducing1 the friction between the lacing running in a sinuous path through. the curved guide and the circular odge of the guide body. The tubular member l preferably is bent 'from al sheet or metal, or such like7 so 'that an abutting seam 3 is provided? as clearly shown in Fig. l. prongs 4c extend from the marginal edges `which are in abutment7 and as shown in Fig. 2 these prongs are formed to have a straight portion 5 and a curved portion -6. The straight portions of each pair of prongsl consistingl of two adjacent companion menibers are in close juxtaposition. The bent portions, however, are shaped so as to diverge from each other and converge `again toward their free enda lt is of advantage to provide each of these guidesWit-h two pairs of prongs for the purpose of preventing rotation of the guide after the saine has been inserted in the part to be laced. ln order to provide a tight grip of the companion members oli' each pair of prongs, one member is provided at the free end With a Vehaped incision 16 and the companion member is shaped to a pointl 17 adapted to enter said incision after the prongs have been clamped together, as shown in lig. 8.

ln the modification illustrated in Fig. 5, the prongs are not provided With parallel portions but they diverge right Ytroni the abutting edge 3 'and converge toward their i'r'ee end 4similar to the curved portion 5 in Fig. 2. ln this modification also the free ends of the prongs are provided with bicisions and point shaped projections respec# tively.

For the purpose of securing a guide of this kind to a piece of leather or other material, the following method may jwnet'erably be used. The guide is inserted into an upper die 7 havinga recess or cavity 9 to receive the tubular member 1. The prongs are caused to pierce the material il so that their free -ends rest in another cavity 'l2 oi another die 8. YVhen the upper die 7 is forcibly lowered against the surface 14. olf the lower die, the prongs will inally'assinne the shape shown in the lower part oif Fig. 4: whereby one part thereof is in close contact With the lower surface of the material and another portion of said prongs is folded back against said First named portion. ltwill be eeen therefrom that these folded prongs do not enter into the material. so to damage. the saine, but they remain only in Contact with the respective port-ion of the companion member. lt is also obvious that a removal of the lacing `guide after the saine ,has been secured to the material in the Way explained is only possible after theprongs have been broken or after they have been bent back to their originalshape.

Although lf'have herein `shown only two.

forms of my imfei'ition, I Wish it to be uncharsiood that I do net desire to limit myself to the exact details of construction as shown. Having thus described my invention7 what I daim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent is:

l A lacing-guide made of one single piece of sheet metal with l's securing means and Consising oi ay curved tubular guide-body having pairs of oidable securing feet pro- Jeetma from the bottom of the guide-body, the central part of ville Seid seeming feet curved omwaidiy then free ends convergingand adapted to lock into each ohei, substantlaiy as described.

A MCing-guide macie of one single piece I I f l r 

